I am now an aunt!

My half-sister had a gorgeous baby boy on the 20th. I'm seeing him this weekend...in the photos he looks so adorable. I'm really pleased for my half-sis, and I can't wait to see my nephew (half-nephew?) tomorrow.

In other news...I wish the snow could return. We had a bit on Wednesday but it had melted by lunchtime snow is such a fleeting, wondrous and rare phenomenon where I live...

Goodness, it's 2007 already?

Happy New Year to everyone here! I hope this year will be a good one, especially where studies are concerned. Another one of my resolutions (just calling it that is a guarantee that it will be broken!) is to try and get my artistic muse back, and write and draw more, and maybe get back to pixelling, and taking more photos. And of course, another one is to try and get a job and/or put more money in savings so I can save up for my trip to That Place Where Giant Triangular Piles of Rock Point Out of the Sand.

Here's to the year ahead, and I hope it's a good one!

Sorry about that. My cat sometimes like to hijack the keyboard...

Anyway, this year's haul of presents was surprisingly small. But it was mainly due to the fact that my main prezzie was an iPod! And I love it. I can't put music on it until I get back to my other computer which has all my CD collection downloaded on it though. But even so, it's a fantastic toy! I also got chocolates, underwear (which I get every year, it's a seasonal tradition) and jelly beans, and a very nice hat. And I stuffed my face with mince pies, home made ones which are the best in the world...it's been a very laid back Xmas this year. Despite the fact that it gets more stressful and more damaging to your bank balance, I still love this time of year, I still can't sleep on Christmas eve, get up before dawn the next day to see what's in my stocking (another childhood thing I can't give up) and marvel at the tree with presents all around...and it's almost over! Amazing how quickly Christmas-and the year itself, come to think of it-passes by!

Season's greetings to all! I hope you're having a wonderful time, whatever you celebrate, be it Christmas, Yule, Hanukkah, or any midwinter revelry, make it a good one, have fun and enjoy whatever Santa has brought you!

My muse for drawing and pixeling is comatose, but in a way that's a good thing since I'm studying. Trying my best to do better than last year but I'm not sure if that will be the case. My first coursework looks like it's going downhill, and I just discovered this as soon as I thought I was going really well with it. *headdesk*

It seems the only art I do these days is photography, but the area around my campus is the most soul-suckingly boring place on the planet, made even worse when the weather's crap. The only pretty pictures I can take is of things like pretty autumn leaves. I just need to look for artistic opportunities in real life-I wish I could though. Maybe when I go back to London I can look for 'picture moments'.

I have nothing much to say because my life is just so monotonous these days. Just studying and sleeping, not much else.

I'm off to the student union's Halloween do. My friend can't make it though because his girlfriend's really ill, so it'll just be me all alone oh well. I hope it's fun anyway! I'm all dressed up like a black cat (was hoping to get dressed as an Egyptian but that'll be for next year, I think) and may post pics of my costume here!

Have a haunting and happy Halloween, everyone!